The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated

TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don't follow their guidance, you'll end up in the poorhouse. They're wrong. When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the best-selling
Pound Foolish, he made an off­hand suggestion: Everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card.

7 Questions About Health Reform

On Tuesday, President-elect Donald J. Trump said he wanted Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act right away and replace it with a new plan “very shortly thereafter.” But before they abandon all the work that has gone into the health care law since 2010, Trump and Republicans in Congress owe Americans a detailed explanation of how they plan to replace it.

"7 Questions About Health Reform" is from the January 10, 2017 Opinon section of The New York Times. It was written by Harold Pollack and Timothy S. Jost and narrated by Fleet Cooper.